The decision about vaccine passports will ultimately be made by Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, who serves as the state's COVID-19 liaison and who helped develop a program that lets people skip a 10-day quarantine by getting a negative test, said that while 'there's no official date,' he thinks a vaccine passport for travelers to Hawaii could be in place by May 15. And this will allow that kind of travel to take place without the additional cost of being tested,” said Mufi Hannemann, president and CEO of the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association. People hold signs against vaccine passports as they participate at the 'S.O.S California No Vaccine Passport Rally' Saturday at Tongva Park in Santa Monica, Calif. Unofficially, the publication says there are signs that a passport is on the way. “That’s what we see, families that haven’t seen each other for a while that live in Kauai, Maui, Hawaii Island, Oahu. Tourism officials are supportive of the idea. It would immediately empower probably about half of our travelers inside the islands to travel safely,” he said. The state plans to expand its inter-island vaccine passport once it can 'provide the same assurance of integrity on a. “I would love to pilot it in mid-April with the cards at least for inter-island travel. Hawaii’s Vaccine Passport Launched This Week Heres What to Know. Green said people who have been fully vaccinated might be able to travel between islands with fewer restrictions as early as April. Here comes trouble: Hawaii spring break travelers arrive, some flouting COVID-19 mask mandate "It’s gonna be very rare that someone goes to that length and put themselves kind of in jeopardy to just have a vacation,” said Green, noting that being caught doing so could mean a fine of up to $5,000, a year in jail or both. Green said he is not concerned about people trying to falsify records. “You would have a company that would do spot checking and certainly, you can check the card itself and make sure that it looks legitimate,” said Green. Green also said that while the app is being developed people could simply show their vaccination cards to travel without current testing restrictions.
Josh Green said the state hopes to work with a local company to create an app that would verify that a traveler has been vaccinated, KHON-TV reported Tuesday. Josh Green, has had a hand in creating previous travel protocols, such as the pre-arrival testing program. HONOLULU- Officials in Hawaii are looking into vaccine passports, especially for inter-island travel. Watch Video: The travel industry's big idea they hope gets things back to normal
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